Tagged Latin America
Heliopolis: A Story of Struggle and Hope
To introduce myself and express who I am worldwide is complicated because the world has many realities. To present mine, I have to tell a story that came before me that I inherited from my parents and my teachers. I come from one of the biggest favelas in Brazil, and you may have seen this…
Gender inclusion in the Global South
As we observe International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, and CSW67 (Commission on the Status of Women, Session 67) is taking place, with UN Women continuing to run local programs worldwide, one crucial question remains: What women? To whom is the UN talking? The UN’s theme for 2023 is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender…
Brazil – Risks of Reversed Elections
More than support for the candidates, it seems that voters’ rejection of Bolsonaro or Lula will decide the presidential elections. A ‘country-continent’ with 215 million inhabitants, twice the size of the European Union and the leading power in Latin America. This is Brazil, a federal republic with a presidential system made up of 26 states…
Climate Justice: To be fair, we need to include the wronged
There is no doubt that climate change is a global reality. The news, day after day, shows the effects of what, more than “change”, should be called and treated as a climate emergency. Only in the last couple of weeks, we have had historic temperature records in the United Kingdom and thermometers exceeding 40ºC in…
The invisible ones: people with disabilities in Latin America
“I feel the pandemic has highlighted the invisibility of people with disabilities,” said the mother of Luigi Gabriel, a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Throughout history, it has been proven that the most vulnerable groups are mainly affected, in many ways, by the risks related to humanitarian crises. The most recent example is the pandemic…
